Simon Tucker

Their favorites

1. MogwaiAtomic 100 Louder Than War
2. Four TetMorning/Evening 100 Louder Than War
3. Jon HopkinsImmunity 100 Louder Than War
4. Thom YorkeTall Tales 90 Louder Than War
5. Four TetNew Energy 90 Louder Than War

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

• Four Tet 2 reviews100Morning/Evening90New Energy

A-Sides they reviewed

1 album that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 1 of them 75 or higher.

• Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly 90

Every review

Album	Outlet	Their score	Breakdown	Published
Thom YorkeTall Tales“Collaborators Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke’s Tall Tales is a delirious hymn to the history of electronic music and its ever-expanding future.”	Louder Than War	90 4.5/5	79	2025
Godspeed You! Black EmperorLuciferian Towers“Canadian post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor recently released their sixth studio album. Simon Tucker reviews.”	Louder Than War	70 7/10	80	2017
Four TetNew Energy“New Energy is the latest album by Four Tet and sees Kieran Hebden head further down to the road to spirituality. Simon Tucker reviews”	Louder Than War via Wikipedia	90 9/10	87	2017
ANOHNIHopelessness“anohni-hopelessness-album-review”	Louder Than War	90 9/10	82	2016
MogwaiAtomic“Mogwai follow up 2014's highly acclaimed album Rave Tapes with Atomic, an album of reworked songs from their soundtrack to the Mark Cousins atomic energy doc Atomic: Living in Dread…”	Louder Than War	100 10/10	81	2016
TortoiseThe Catastrophist“Post-Rock icons Tortoise return after a six year hiatus with a brand new LP. Simon Tucker reviews.”	Louder Than War	80 8/10	70	2015
Max RichterSleep“Acclaimed composer Max Richter has created a work designed to send its listeners asleep with the aim of experimenting with our dreams and psyche.”	Louder Than War via Wikipedia	90 9/10	79	2015
Four TetMorning/Evening“Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet dropped his latest long player on the day of the summer solstice. It's taken him a while to review (for reasons he will explain) but…”	Louder Than War	100 10/10	85	2015
Jamie xxIn Colour“London producer and one third of the xx, Jamie xx recently released his highly anticipated debut solo album”	Louder Than War	60 6/10	85	2015
Faith No MoreSol Invictus“Rock titans, Faith No More, return with their first new long player since 1997. Is this a reunion to be excited about or is it just a watered down version…”	Louder Than War	80 8/10	76	2015
Kamasi WashingtonThe Epic“Los Angeles jazz giant, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington drops his brilliant debut album, The Epic, via Flying Loyus's boundary-defying Brainfeeder label.”	Louder Than War via Wikipedia	80 8/10	82	2015
Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly“Simon Tucker revels in Kendrick Lamar's astonishing new album, a high watermark in US Hip-Hop culture.”	Louder Than War	90 9/10	92	2015
Aphex TwinSyro“Simon Tucker reviews the long awaited new album from one of the worlds most exciting and unpredictable musicians – Aphex Twin.”	Louder Than War	90 9/10	88	2014
Jon HopkinsImmunity“Louder Than War reviews teh new album by Jon Hopkins. Called Immunity it's an easy contender for album of the year.”	Louder Than War	100 10/10	84	2013
James BlakeOvergrown“With new album Overgrown James Blake builds on the strengths of it's predecessor without playing too safe.”	Louder Than War	80 8/10	81	2013